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Functions and Disorders of the Immune System With STUDENT CONSULT Online Access
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Third Edition
By
Abul Abbas, MBBS, Professor and Chair, Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA
Andrew Lichtman, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Description
Here's a readable and concise introduction to the workings of the human immune system, with emphasis on clinical relevance. The format
makes learning easy with short, easy-to-read chapters, color tables, key point summaries, and review questions in every chapter.
Audience
Medical Students, Allied Health course-takers, and lower-level Immunology undergrad courses
Contents
1. Introduction to the Immune System
2. Innate Immunity
3. Antigen Capture and Presentations to Lymphocytes
4. Antigen
Recognition in the Adaptive Immune System
5. Cell-Mediated Immune Responses
6. Effector Mechanisms of Cell-Mediated Immunity
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Humoral Immune Responses
8. Effector Mechanisms of Humoral Immunity
9. Immunologic Tolerance and Autoimmunity
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Immune Responses Against Tumors and Transplants
11. Hypersensitivity Diseases
12. Congenital and Acquired Immunodeficiencies
Suggested
Readings
Appendix I: Principal Features of CD Molecules
Appendix II: Glossary
Appendix III: Clinical Cases
Index
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Paperback, 320 pages, publication date: FEB-2008
ISBN-13: 978-1-4160-4688-2
ISBN-10: 1-4160-4688-7
Imprint: SAUNDERS
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Last update: 25 Nov 2009
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